With the final days of 2012 upon us, many companies are looking forward to “great success” in 2013. Samsung is expecting to sell 510 million mobile phones next year, which would represent a 20 percent rise compared to 2012.

Of the 510 million mobile phones it expects to sell, 390 million will be smartphones with the remainder coming from the sale of feature/budget phones.

"There are some possibilities that smartphone demand will slow in general. But we are seeing new demand for devices using Long Term Evolution (LTE),'' said Kim Hyun-joon, an executive at Samsung's telecommunications division."

Samsung also announced that it intends to build 240 million devices at its Vietnamese factory, 170 million devices in China, 20 million in India, and 40 million devices at its Korean factory. Samsung also plans to spend $2.2 billion upgrading handset factories in Vietnam by 2020 to boost output.

"By offering better pricing to consumers in developing nations, we will find new growth. This will also enable consumers in developed nations like North America and Europe to buy our LTE devices at more affordable prices,'' said a Samsung official.

Analysts are predicting that Samsung will dethrone Nokia to become the top handset shipper in the world for 2012. Nokia has held that title for 14 years.

Dude, how are singling out some of the most fundamentally important aspects of any mobile device (performance, battery life, developer support) cherry picking? Seriously?

And what sorts you out is your choice of words above:

quote: Come on TYP. There is good in you, I can sense it. Turn away from the dark side.

Your and many fans positions don't come from a place of practicality or objective analysis, it comes from some ridiculous ideological POV where "Apple is evil".

I didn't buy "Microsoft is evil" in the 90s and I sure as hell don't buy "Apple is evil" now. It is a ridiculous and entirely irrelevant argument, all that matters to me is the quality of the product and if it fits my needs. It is like that idiot Motoman who steers his customers into currently inferior AMD parts because "Intel is evil". Ridiculous!

I dunno, it is hard having rational discussions with ideologues and fans, and they're legion here.

And as for this:

quote: but some people go on trips where its inconvenient to have to stop and re-charge.

There are products from companies like Mophie and others if you really need that sort of thing (cases and power stations). Either way, the need for a replaceable battery is seriously diminished when you're getting literally double what other comparable products get. It'll get there for everyone else though once they get newer tech in, don't you worry.

See, this is what I was talking about. Check the link below. I know we both trust Anandtech. Let me point out 2 things.

1. You keep comparing browsing time, which is one area Apple excels. Look at ALL of the charts. The iPhone 5 has even LESS talk time than the GS3, but you "cherry picked" that right out didnt you? Here is the full picture on this. The iPhone5 has LOWER battery life for talk time, better battery life for web browsing and comparable on other measures.

2. Even with the web browsing, you keep picking the GS3 as if its the only phone out there. For whatever reason, it has poor performance even against other Android phones on web browing. The HTX One X has almost double whathte GS3 has too. So you are cherry picking the best of the iPhone data and the worst of Android and calling it fact. Its not a fact. Here is the facts on web browsing. The iPhone 4 has the best web browsing of the phones tested, but only by a couple percent compared to the HTC OneX... NOT DOUBLE